The Sun. — London, England, 1864-11-19 00:00:00

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LOAN I` of 1862 for £8,000,000. —Notice is hereby gi en, that, in conformity with the stipulations contained in the general bond relating to this loan, the following numbers of BON DS, to be paid off at par on the Ist of January next, were this day DRAWN, at the Imperial Ottoman Bank, in the presence of Etienne Musurus Bey, Secretary of the Turkish Embassy, on behalt of his Excellency Musurus Bey, Ambassador Extra orlinary and Plenipotentiary of his Imperial Majesty the Sultan, of representatives of the Ottoman Bank, and Messrs. Devaux and Co., the joint agents of the loan, and of the undersigned notary : NUMBERS OF BONDS. 2313011d5,1N'08. 124 554 1134 1494 1864 2256 265 553 1327 1495 20,9 2340 324 852 1446 1537 2070 2413 325 715 1418 1594 2102 531 760 1483 1790 22)3 For £l,OOO each .. ••• VB/00 54 p 2517 onds,Nos. 3 - 43 1677 4463 5BBl 2644 3017 3685 4557 5 988 6'50 2659 3091 3834 4620 5246 6194 2759 31,2 3819 4629 5470 6517 2214 3337 3 , 95 4632 8476 6728 2025 3451 4026 4673 5553 67;9 2917 834 40 7 3 4687 3572 6383 018 3555 4277 4723 18 0 7077 30.9* 3571 4. 2 1 4811 5525 7292 For £5OO each .. .• . .1:7100 -;21130nd5,N057544 11950 17248 22587 2 . 6983 31 ' 07 76;7 12195 17282 2f.7:4 2023 31 9 922 7645 12194 17357 22737 270=3 31956 7665 12236 17477 12759 27179 31974 7693 12320 18015 22938 27422 31995 7710 12423 18127 23072 27480 52165 7713 125 5 ;8130 21144 27490 32205 7746 12333 18172 23181 27532 32518 7811 125':8 18283 23124 27706 5282) 7521 12652 11229 23368 27838 32609 7962 12742 15446 23669 27880 32875 83 , 8 12915 18550 23738 25051 3277 k 8030 12940 18609 23819 28222 32894 8160 13110 18628 23870 28429 32910 8348 131f5 18665 24009 28108 32972 8468 13177 18751 24053 28548 33163 8506 13547 18853 24122 28587 33171 • 8558 13581 19032 24264 28697 33356 8387 13629 19233 24305 28716 33588 8608 13785 19431 24318 28749 33321 8783 13.31 19370 21321 28306 33926 ' 8954 13816 19458 24403 28898 30249 8971 13911 19479 24182 28934 34294 9022 13057 19482 24494 28913 34:93 9071 14009 19551 24581 2916 34410 9152 14071 19874 24520 29236 34475 9177 14596 19730 24692 29131 31519 9515 14763 19764 24889 29387 30659 9525 14930 19788 25089 29434 34807 9784 15088 19815 25093 29512 34941 9790 15368 20230 25124 29510 34547 9829 15414 20581 25234 29549 35163 9881 15590 20722 52351 29845 35158 9970 15627 20925 25427 29915 3533 1.106 15706 21273 25470 80091 35312 10103 15738 21332 25548 30110 35411 10223 15795 21354 25571 3C192 35406 10303 15807 21379 25688 102 5 35579 10389 15987 21341 25663 110271 35673 10 00 16116 21384 25664 30317 35774 10787 16217 21400 26137 30374 35847 10808 16264 21511 26208 303)3 35911 1863 16277 21578 262:7 10536 36111 10874 16365 21711 26264 20760 36133 10942 46445 21852 26380 10977 3230 10963 16492 21881 26395 31055 36364 11260 16517 21964 26112 31077 36377 11304 161526 22220 26454 31033 36824 11326 16724 22235 26461 31120 35626 31157 16316 22438 26741 81.00 368 3 11520 16829 22213 28772 31401 36854 11511 18977 22:79 267 5 5 31470 369 0 11631 17138 22289 26887 3 793 37323 11812 17222 22306 26361 31799 37393 For £lOO each 406 Bonds, amounting together to C. MUSURUS. Countersigned—W. W. Venn, jun., Notary Public. London, November 16, 1814 Now ready, price twopence, FUN ALMANACK for 1865, full of Comic Engravings and Humorous Writing. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Sole Manager and Director, Hr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING urdayl, the performances will com mence with YOU KNOW WHO. Followed by Gonnod's Grand Opera, FAUST. Margarita, Miss Louisa Pyne ; Faust, Mr. Sims Reeves. Conductor, Signor ARDITI. Private Boxes, from 10s. Cd. ; Stalls, 78. ; Dress Circle, ss. ; First Circle, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; t it, 2s. 61. ; Gallery, Is. Box Office c pen from Ten till Five. No charge for booking places, nor fees to box-keepers. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY - LANE.-- Managers, ➢lessrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, TOO MUCH FOR GOOD NATURE. Diessrs. G. Yelmore, Fitzjames. G. Wes on ' • Misses Helen Cloward and R. Leclercq, Mrs. Vandenhoff, Mrs. C. Melville, After which, Shaksoere's Tragedy of lI%CBETII. Mr. Phelps ; Messrs. Creswick, R. Roxby, G. Belmo.e, A Rayner, u. F. Neville, Edmund Phelps, J. Neville, Bartleman, ; Misses Rebecca Isaacs, Emma Heywood, and Miss ',Oen Fauzit. Doors open at ha f-past Six —Commence at Seven. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- LeEse , . Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE SUN A..D THE WINO. After which, TIIE STRANGER. Messrs. Howe, Chip pendale, Farren, Compton, Rogers, Gordon, Braid, &c. ; Mesdames Beatrice, Keeley, Fitzwildam, Moore, &c. Followed ty ON THE SLY. Messrs. Buckstone, Rogers. Gordon, &c. ; Mesdames Snowdon, EitzwAliarn, And OUR MARY ANNE. 3liss IL Lindley, Mr Clarke. To commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE Under the sole management of Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, TREKING'S BUTTERFLY. Fan lan, V.e King's Butterfly, Mr. •r'echter. Messrs. Ry,er,Wid dieornb, Ch M'intyre, Garden, Raymond, More and, C Ilford, Collett; Missts Carlot a Le:Jere% M. lienrade, E. ....avenue, and B. Lavenue. Preceded, at 7, by N INKY CHICKWEED. Messrs. H. Widdicumb, Garden, Morelan 3, Col .eit ; Miss Luveaue,Ms. Doors open at half-past G ; commence at 7. The Box-office open daily from n till Five. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK.. I addy O'llafferly, Mr. Dominick Murray. After which, TH E bTREETs OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fi her. D. Murray, J. Nelson, 11. Forrester. 11. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma Barnett, and Miss F.inny Gwynne. NEW THEATRE-110 VAL, ADELPHL- E43h3 Proprietor And Manager. M. B. IVebster. THIS EVENING, DOING BANTING. Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Stephenson; Mrs. Lewis and Miss A. seaman. After which, MASKS AND FACES. Triplet, Mr. B. Webster ; Peg' Waii,gton. Mrs. Stirling (their original cha racters); Messrs. Bildngton, lt. Phillips, P. Bedford, Stuart, Eburne, C J. Smith, and Miss 11. Simms. To conclude with THE COLLEEN B A.WN. Myles (with aontra), Mr. John Collins Messrs. Billing,tom, it. Phillips, Stephenson, Eburne, It. Romer, C. J. Smith; Mrs. Alfred Mellon (Miss Woolgar), Miss H. Simmi, Mrs. Bilington, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster. EMINENT TALENT AND COMEDY DRAMA. This Popular Theatre is now Open. THIS EVENING, a new Musical Drama, entitled THE BARONET ABROA.O RUSTIC PRIMA ON NA : Mr. Flank Matthe s ; Miss Constance Roden. After whi:h, at a quarter to Eight, a new and original Comedy Drama, in three acts, by .1. Palgrave Sirrii;son. enti tled SYHILL ; or, SPEY BY STET. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews. To conclude with Mr. Maddison Morton's New Comedy Farce of W(,01.) OCK'S LITTLE (DAME. Mr. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews. MISS ADAH ISAACS MENKEN, whose graxtul and classic bcauty, transcendent his trionic power, and heroic amazonian coura, , ze, form the Deluhic tripod Irom winch the inspiration of her genius throws a new spell even on Byron's MAZ EPPA, and who delt4hts and ench-ins the Old World as she has astounded and enthralled the New, appears in her great impersonation of 31AZEPPA EVERY NIGIIT at, ASTLEY'S. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, WILFUL WARD. Messrs Faradic and Belford; Miss Palmer. Folio Wed by, at Eight, MILKY WHITE. Messrs. Craven, Stoyle, James; Mesdamts Swanbor ugh and Mande , s. To conclude with MAZEPPA. Mesdames Itaynham, Slnipson, sc. RATis AND POST FREE, E. _HOSES and SONS' New Pamphlet, TILE PHILOSOPHY OF DRESS. :V MOSES AND SON J. respectfully call attention to their large and well assorted stock of JUVENILE CLOTHING. The newest taorics are combined with the latest and most fashionable aesigns, and the best workmanship. E. 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THE LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN" supplied, as soon as published every Evening by lIENTIY BROOKS, Newspaper Agent, 24, Old Cavendis h e treet, W. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tan DAY.—Morning, sh. 30m.—Aftemoon, sh. 54m. To-monnow.-Morning, 6h. 16m.—Afternoon, 6h. 40m, LO NDON, SATURDAY, NOV. 19, 1864. I We have heard a great deal about the injustice and illegality of the Confederate proceedings in having ships of war built in English ports, and thus infringing the rights and duties of a neutral nation. Candid and impartial observers, however, will be inclined to attach a good deal more import tance to the enlistment of recruits under false pre• tences, especially when such recruits are subjects of a neutral Power, and when a system of wholesale enlistment under these circumstances is directly contrary to the law. There is no comparison as to the relative importance of ships and men in a military point of view, since very certainly the one could not be used without the other; but however anxious the Confederates may be for a fleet of Alabamas, the North are ten times more eager for recruits. They cannot fill their armies with negro regiments, and white men grow day by day more reluctant to enter a service in which all the amen nities of more civilised warfare seem to be alto gether thrown aside. The waste of life which has been going on for the last four years must be replenished somewhere, and every fresh effort proves how hopelessly inadequate GRANT'S present forces are to cope with LEE. When even President DAVIS directs the greater portion of his address to urging upon the Secessionists the paramount duty of joining the ranks, it is not much wonder that the Northern armies, filled with no such pre vailing sentiments, animated by no such unanimous spirit, and driven by no such stern necessity, should be waning rather than waxing. Yet LINCOLN is by no means disposed to abandon the war, and as the 90 days show no prospect of coming to an end, some thing must be done to provide food for powder. Forced conscriptions might be dangerous in the present temper of New York, and, even if they were Ipossible, thty could not be resorted to often enough to keep up the steady supply necessitated by the frequent recurrence of battles in which a toss of four or five thousand men is thought little of—to say nothing of the constant drain of life going on by skirmishing, exposure, and disease. Looking out for a remedy, it is not surprising that the Washing ton Cabinet shou'.d have turned its eyes in the direction of the much-abused British islands, where strength and spirit are plentiful enough, and labour to be had for the asking, while the identity of lan _ guage is naturally a great recommendation. It is true there was the little difficulty about the Foreign Enlistment Act, but that was easy to get over with such complaisant friends in the Cabinet ; and the result of their cogitations has been the establish. went of regular agencies in some of our principal seaport towns, in which the unwary are entrapped, either knowingly or unknowingly, into the ranks of the Federal service. This is pretty well for a country which is so sensitive as to the obligations of neutrals as to object to unarmed vessels leaving her shores for a neutral port and a neutral pos sessor, and considers itself bound to act upon the presumed intentions of that possessor, and the probable destination of such vessels. Com plaints have been made, and with good cause, ol the forced or deceptive enlistment of Irish emi grants; but it seems either that the Hibernians have become more difficult to entrap, or that their num bers fail to supply the amount required, for English men are now called in to supply the deficiency. A vessel has been detained at Liverpool, carrying 200 young men from from Ashton and London to New York under very suspicious circumstances. They had been engaged as " glassworkers," a convenient travelling name; but it is stated that Zwo young men, who have since left the vessel, assert that they were offered commissions in the Federal army. 01 course, nothing is as yet certain, and the matter will be thoroughly investigated before the borough magistrates, but the affair bears a suspicious appear ance as yet. The chief constable of the district called the attention of the magistrates of Ashton under-Lyne, a few days since, to a system which is said to be carried on of engaging young men to ge to New York on this same pretext of glass works. Eighty young men left on Tuesday night, and the chief constable had reason to suppose they were draughted for the Federal army. It is not stated whether these eighty formed part of the 200 on board the Groat Western, but the principle is the same. These young men knew nothing of the trade for which they were engaged, yet they were offered fifteen dollars a month, and this to poor and, in some cases, penniless men, was of course a power ful incentive. What particular sort of "glass work . ' it is, is not specified, but requires those en gaged in it to have sound front teeth. It is high time that the matter was looked into, for, according to a communication which appeared yesterday in the columns of a contemporary, these agents aro carry ing on the system in London itself, advertising in metropolitan journals under specious pretexts. We trust the magistrates of Ashton will inquire very Closely into these suspicious proceedings, and that the Government will show as much commendable anxiety to preserve the neutrality of England intact in this case as in the instances of the Alexandra and the rams. Whatever may be the fortunes of our cotton hands, it is certainly not the wish of the. c o o f u t n h t i ry s crtuhealtatnhaey Should be sent to die in th e ran k s profitless war. Meetings are now the order of the day, and no one can complain of not having sufficient to break the monotony and enliven the tedium of this dull season of the year. From whatever cause it pro ceeds, it is certain that the Conservatives are more on the alert, and have contrived ti collect their forces in greater array than their opponents. Within the last week there have been two at Essex and at Worcester, where they have come out in full force, and where some of their speakers have distinguished themselves by the display of consi derable eloquence in discussing public affairs at home and abroad. At Maldon, Mr. PEACOCKE made a speech on the American War, which is well worthy of attention, and may furnish some hints to those who cling to their old prejudices in the con sideration of the circumstances attending the dis astrous conflict that desolates the Continent of America. The hon. member began by stating that in this war there were matters that materially affected the honour and interests of England. The honour is marked in the constant threats that are made touching the invasion of Canada, and the in terests are concerned in the sufferings which the war has inflicted upon the people of this country. They who have attentively studied the subject, and even those who are only partially informed, will concur in the opinion of Mr. PEACOCKE that " a more hopeless and purposeless war was never waged in the history of the human race than that which rages in America." With respect to the election of the PRESIDENT, there is great truth in his remark that little is to be hoped, for those about LINCOLN are so involved in nefarious and illegal acts that they will move heaven and earth to secure his re. election by foul means if not by fair. The truth of this will now be proved, but in the meantime there is a fair show of reason in it. It' would have been well, indeed, if three years ago the South had re sorted to the measure of calling out the blacks. This, as Mr, PEACOCKE said, would have been most effectual, and also the step would have proved beneficial in other respects. In the first place, such a thing is virtually an Emancipation Act, and, besides, it will enable them to carry on the war with vigour. Mr. BRIGHT will doubtless be very indignant to hear that loud cheers greeted the dcelaration of • the speaker that it would be for the interest of England and the interest of civi. !tuition that the South should succeed, This he set about to demonstrate in a practical fashion, and succeeded in showing his meaning that must carry conviction to the minds of all not hopelessly wedded to opposite views from partiality, prejudice, and deeply. rooted preconceived ideas, that subsequent events have not had power to root up or modify. It is certain that it is no exaggeration to state that the tone of the United States has been insufferably arrogant; and also few can deny that a climax has been reached by the piratical act of capturing the Florida. This dastardly achievement of an unscru pulous and dishonest foe was properly denounced and forcibly stigmatised by Mr PEACOCKE, Without entertaining a very particular respect for the honeurable sentiments which actuate the American people or its navy, he adds emphatically that " any man of that service will be unworthy of the epaulettes which he wears, and ought to be con demned to social ostracism who does not promptly resent such a nefarious act." Would that there was a chance of such occurring, but judging the present by the past, we nave only too much cause to fear that the man who so disgraced himself before civilised nations will be will be welcomed and applauded at home. The de. generate descendants of the Anglo-Saxon race, who boast of their skill and foresight, are wanting in that which is the one thing needful for a powerful nation—the spirit of rectitude. Mr PEACOCKE'S des sire that the States to which the Government of the United States have accredited their representatives should refuse to retain these representatives until due reparation be made, is not likely to prove more feasible, but it is, nevertheless, a matter of satisfac tion to hear any one discourse so boldly on subjects :hat are generally rut aside and smuggled over in stead of being denounced in the strongest terms that language can employ. The hon. member has done credit to himself and reflected honour on the country by having the courage to speak out his convictions, and the more his example is followed he better it will be for our consistency as a first-rate Power, bound to uphold the precepts and practice of that morality which should characterise all civilised nations. At Wor. cater, another Conservative candidate for the approaching election came forward. At all events no one can say that due preparations are not being made by that party for the great electoral strife which will commence when Lord PALMER STON gives the signal, and we may fancy some desponding adherent of the waning splendours of the present regime, apostrophising the succeeding apparitions of a hostile form, as did he who asked of those who raised the curtain of futurity, if the line before him would last till the rack of doom. Ail the proceedings that have taken place in regard to the association at Worcester fully prove the verity of the fact, that Mr. ALLSOPP alluded to as the result of their success, " Union is strength." This has been shown how many times and oft in the various political and social endeavours that are originated and carried out with more or less success. Cho result of the effJrts of this Society at Wor cester is an encouragement to all who persevere steadily to the attainment of their object, and the example thus set might with advantage be followed by some on the other side. The zeal and energy which the Conservatives and their friends have displayed in following the advice of their former leader, Sir IVAIBERT PEEL, in this matter of regis tration, is an earnest of the spirit in which they are preparing for the fray. Real Liberals, not those place mongers who take up the name as a cry that may serve them in good stead, will he glad to find such energy apparent ; we have had enough of torpor and suspension in the political world at home, and either the zeal of their opponents will push on the Government to action, or else, which would perhaps he a more fitting retribution, they may have to give place to those who cannot be more unwilling, and may prove more capable to inaugurate the necessary changes that the exi gencies of the times may require in the mechanism and management of the domestic politics of the country, to say nothing of a foreign policy more consistent with the dignity, and more congenial to the spirit of this great nation. Lord GRAN VILLE observed with some truth the other day that there has been a kind of epidemic this autumn among public speakers with regard to national education and public schools, Almost every orator, politician, or speaker of any class who hle addressed the public within the last few months has thought fit to touch upon this fashionable topic, and certainly the occasion on which the noble lord was then addressing his hearers—the presentation of certificates and pries to the successful candidates in the Oxford Local Examinations—was not one on which it could be overlooked. The noble earl, who from his position and his tastes is alike identified with the cause, went at acme length into the diffi cult and complicated question, although he refrained from committing himself to the support or condem nation of any particular scheme. On some points, indeed, he expressed a decided opinion, and in most of these he will be upheld by the common sense of the country. He objected alike to the views of Mr ARNOLD and of Mr LOWE in the extreme length to which those gentlemen carried them—the one re commending a system of national education for the upper and middle classes, and the other, on the THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, INOVEMBER 10, 1864. ontrary, , being inciined to abandon the whole sp• tem of endowments. Happily neither of these very questionable reforms would be easily put in practice, for while Englishmen are especially opposed to the centralising system, so popular on the Continent, which gives the governing power a voice hi the minutest and most private affairs; they are likewise jealous of abandoning o/d privileges and customs and traditionary glories of a University education. Seeing, also, as Lord GRANVILLE said, that there are educational endowments to the annual value of £300,000 in this country, it is certainly desirable that they should be put to the best and most pro fitable use. In the same enlightened-spirit following that via nadia, which is usually the safest and wisest course, the noble President of the Council, while deprecating the exclusive I ursuit of ancient study to the neglect of more modern and profitable know ledge, warmly advocated the retention of classical literature as a means of education. The whole question, he very truly said, is one of degree, and another speaker at the meeting added a wise sug gestion to the Commissioners, by remarking that our language was so largely recruited from the Latin, that a knowledge of that tongue was almost indispensable to a scientific student, while to a member of the professions of law, theology, or medi cine it was actually necessary. The question really is, in the words of Lord GRANVILLE, how "to bring into harmony the advantages of the old classical literature and its elevating influence upon the mind and taste,with the knowledge of surrounding things, which is necessary not to one class alone, but to all classes, in the present generation." This is a pro. blem yet to be solved, but there is no reason why it should be inscrutable, and the labours of the Corn. mission should be directed rather to the end of har monising the best points of the two rival theories than to the exclusive exaltation of the one. With all its faults, our public school system has Is orked well hitherto, and while it is unquestionably true that to keep pace with the requirements of the age, men must enlarge their sphere of learning in early life, it should likewise be borne in mind that modern students more especially need the tempor ising and refining influence of the old forms of classic study, and that it will be necessary to retain all the influences of poetry and art to soften the asperities of our iron age. ATLANTIC STEAMERS. On Thursday afternoon the new Canard steamer Cuba, Captain Stone, arrived in the Mersey from Glasgow, where she was built and launched in July last. The Cuba is an iron screw vessel, sister to the China. In length the Cuba measures 350 ft, over all; she is 42ft. bin. in moulded breadth of beam, and is 28ft. deep. She is of 2,700 tons builders' measurement, and is propelled by two oscillating engines, furnished with surface condensers, and having cylinders 82in. in diameter, with a piston stroke of 6fr., giving a result of 600 horse power. With this power, small compared with the great bulk of the vessel to be driven through the water, she, on the occasion of her Admiralty trial, accom plished the distance between the Cinch and Cum brae Lights, 13 . 666 nautical, or 15.741 statute, miles in little more than an hour, both ways, as it happened, against the tide. This, however, gives little indication of her speed, for, in addition to her steam rower, the ship is full masted and sparred, carrying a great stretch of canvass. She is fitted up in the most approved manner, and has accommo dation for 300 first-class passengers. She was built by Messrs. Tod and Macgregor, of Meadowside. She sails for New York on the 3d of next month.— On Tueeday last the new Inman steamer City of Boston was launched from the yard of Messrs. 'rod and Macgregor, at Meadowaide, Particle. Her dimensions are :—lmigth of keel and forerake, 305 ft. ; breadth of beam, moulded, 39ft.; depth, 27ft, 6in.; tonnage, o.tt., 2,278. The hull is built lin six water■tight compartments. The propelling power will be supplied by a pair of direct-acting trunk engines of 350 horse power. The cylinders will have a diameter of 36in., with a stroke of 3ft. ; and the engines will be fitted with patent surface condensers. BANK RETURNS. The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir culation of the Private and Joint-Stock Banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending Oct. 15. These returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch and Irish Banks for the same period, and the average circula tion of the Bank of England for the four weeks ending the 12th Oct. (the nearest date furnished by their returns), will give the following results of the circulation of notes in the United Kingdom, when compared with the previous month : Sept. 17, I Oct. 15, I 1861. 1861. Increase. Decrease ------- - Bank of England... 2 0 , 61 8,6E2 i ; 2( 1 ,787,20i £:68 , 519 1- " Private Banks 2,971,72 51 3,172,435 20. , 710: I Joint-stock Banks 2,768,68 6! : 2,883,9361 97,030 Total in England 26,379,293; 26,45,5721 463,279: Scotland 4,174,356 4 208345 123,9891 Ireland 5,325,073' 5 , 81 1 9 84' 986,91 , United Kingdom 35,831,722 36 ,958,901 1 1,077,1;9 And, as compared with the month ending the 17th Oct., 1863, the above returns show a decrease of £1,043,606 in the circulation of notes in England, and a decrease of £929,047 in the circulation of the United Kingdom. On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the seve ral banks the following is the state of the circulation : .The English private banks aro below their fixed issue .................................... £ 1,040,351 The English joint-stock banks are below their fixed issue ................................ £340,421 Total below fixed issue in England £1,380,772 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue £1,549,083 The Irish banks are below their fixed issue £539,510 The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month ending the 12th Oct. was £13,074,183, being a increase of £152,248 as compared with the previous m onth, and a decrease of £1 960,160 when compared with th e same period last year. The following are the amounts of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month : Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks £2,316,481 Gold and silver held by the Irish banks 2,036,662 2,043 Being a decrease of £223 £4,35 ,4 40 as compared with the previous return, and a decrea se of £94,075 when compared with the corresponding period of last yoar. ----- --- THE PLANET MARS, says a weekly contemporary, arrives at perigrtee on the 24th and opposition on the 30th inst. Be aring in mi n d th o very success ful attack planet itself h a s been in such a generally made upon it in 186 2, we .re glad to know that several observers, among th em i'rofessor Phillips and the Rev. W. R. PP Dawes, are ?gai n engaged upon the stud of its tele scopic There is n di ffi culty this year in re eognist:4 the equatorial features sketched in 1858, but occaa sitheeP ;a lacy clouded state th a t t h ese features were of the faintest. We shall endeavour t o return to this subject ; in the meantime we recommend that all with telescopes of 5 inches and upwards in aperture should faithfully note the dark por tions of the planet, laying them down on a scale of 2f or 3 inches to the planet's diameter, the direction of diurnal motion, with regard to the features, and tho time, being given with the most rigorous exactness. Mars's axial ro tation is so rapid that too touch time should not be taken over one drawing. Of course the central meridian is the one to which attention should best be directed. A NEW COINFEDERATE CRIIISER.—`'fie have touch pleaeuro in being able to state that, almost at the same time that the Florida was trcacherouely seized in Bahia harbour, the Confederate flag was hoisted on a new cruiser at least the equal of the Florida in armament, speed end general efficiency. The Shenandoah starts upon her career with every prospect of emulating the fame of her predecessors. She is commanded by Lieut. Waddell, Con federate States Navy, and a gallant staff of officers. Having received her crew and armament—everything, in fact, that constitutes her a belligerent vessel —on the high seas, far be yond anyneatral jurisdiction, thlre can fortunatelybo no pro ton co of accusing her of any violation •)f municipal laws or international obligations, It is evident that Federal com merce is baulked of the expected reward of the murderous outrage in Bahia; for already the telegraph has advised us of the doings of no less than throe Confederate cruisers, the Tallahassee, the Chickamauga, and the Olustee, all of which have recently issued from their own ports and are busy at work avenging the Florida's fate. To this formidable liot of übiquitous enemies the New York Chamber of Commerce must now add a fourth; and Confederate sympathisers, paraphrasing the familiar " Le roi est mort—vivo le roi 1" may exultingly exclaim—The Florida is gone—long live the Shenandoah LATEST INTELLIGENCE• (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) RUSSIA. PETERSBURG, Nov. 19. The Petersburger Deutsche Zeitung of today says that the visit of the Czarewitch to Rome was without political importance in the sense of a better understanding between Russia and Rome. The relations between the two courts are un changed since the last encyclical letter of the Pope. ITALY. TURIN, Nov. 18. The Chamber of Deputies has, by adopting an order of the day, summarily rejected the various resolutions proposed by some of the members. The discussion of the articles of the treaty will be concluded to-morrow, when the voting also will probably take place. News from Verona announces the despatch thence of troops to the Tyrol, PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Nov. 19. Herr von Bismark has addressed a circular note, dated Nov. 16, to all Prussian Consuls, instructing them to treat all vessels belonging to the Duchies, which have passed into the possession of the Great German Powers, as Prussian vessels. The circular further states, that such vessels are to pay the same dues as Prussian shipping. SPAIN. MADRID, Nov. 19. The Queen of Spain has bestowed upon the sufferers by the inundations at Valencia the sums destined to celebrate her Majecty'sfele. FRANCE. BOURSE, Nov. 18.—The market continues firm, in spite of a fall of I- in Consols. Threes, for the Account, are now at 64f. 95e., and Mobilier at 885 F, Railway Market quiet. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents .. 92 40 Do. end month.... 3 por Cents Do. end month..., 65 05 Credit Mobilier 892 50 Do. end month B9l 25 Bank Shares 3470 Credit Foncier 1175 Roman 74 Italian Loan 65 35 Do. end month 65 50 Ditto Threes — New Mexican Russian Austrian Spanish Threes 47 Elome Debt Deferred BAIL WAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 983 75 .. 982 50 _ _ Lyons and Mediterranean 880 BS3 75 Southern Western .. Eastern Sardinian. 3lO 307 50 Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa 417 50 .. 417 50 Ditto to Barcelona LITERATURE. Italics, Brief Notes on Politics, People, and Places in Italy in 1864. By Frances Power Cobbe. One vol. pp. 525. Ti iibnur and Co. "Descending from the Alps into Italy is always like passing from winter into summer," says the authoress of these Italian sketches. "Be the sea son what it may, we never fail to feel the same sense of coming into sunshine and into the freedom of out-door life. The kindly courtesy of the people —that nation of born ladies and gentlemen—com pletes the transition, and we feel that we have left behind the 'atmosphere pf black frosts, moral and physical, and may expand ourselves happily in a much milder medium," We have before now had occasion to commend the graceful style and pleasant manner in which Frances Power Cobbe narates to us her experiences of men and nations, and reveals to us her own predilections and preju dices thereupon. That same pleasant manner, and that same graceful style, pervade the large volume now before us, and also more vividly than ever the predilections and the prejudices of the fair authoress are here apparent ! Very rightly has she entitled her book Italics, for like the familiar emphasis with which ladies' epistles are proverbially under 'ined, so throughout this volume, with its lively descriptions and picturesque details, the writer's own peculiar sentiments are sst forth in very unmistakeable Italics. Eccentric Persouages. By W. Rusell, LL.D. Two vols. John Maxwell and Co. A singularly miscellaneous and attractive group has been here summoned together by the potent pen of Dr Russell. His chosen epithet of eccentric does but scant justice to the peculiar characteristics of the various individuals to which his book relates. They possess various degrees of interest and im■ portance, it is true—some are of world-wide cele brity, and others familiar as household words; all are, however, especially as they are here introduced, singularly attractive and delightful. First on the list is Monsieur de Docteur Devine, a Parisiah physician of the last century. His story, with the mystery of the murder and the clever divinations of the doctor, has all the fascination of a sensational romance, as for example— SUSPICION. " I was so restless, so perturbed, that, contenting myself with a glass of wine and n biscuit for dinner, I took my way to the deceased M. d'Estrees' domicile. I wished to speak with Mademoiselle Le Blanc, whom I had known in Havre de Grace. '' As it happened, she was upon the point of leaving the house as I approached it. Our eyes met; she started; a visible terror shook her frame, and her face paled to the hue of Inarble. What might be the meaning of that ? Fanchetto Le Blanc re• entered the hall, and sank down half fainting upon a seat. . How,' said Ito Mademoiselle Le Blanc, ' does the sight of an old acquaintance alarm, ter rify you?' No—no,' she said, recovering herself by a strong effort. What folly to suppose such a thing I Seeing you, brought suddenly to mind the dreadful tragedy in (which poor Madame d'Esttees is involved. Of course,' she added, with a glimmer in her glowing eyes, which I could but doubtfully interpret—' of course, I long since knew how much you adored—l mean, I felt interested in her welfare.' You knew the truth, Mademoiselle Le Blanc. Who indeed would not feel a profound interest in so charming, so amiable, so pure and innocent a being, and now especially ?' The glimmer in the fierce eyes brightened to a vivid flash, and her lip curled with a mocking expres sion, as she exclaimed, Innocent—innocent 1 Well, I hape so. But youthful lovers seldom see stains or defects in their idol.' That is not language, pardon me, made moiselle, to address to Eugene Devine at such a time. Has M. Edouard Gaza, I asked abruptly, 'seen Madame d'Estrees since her arrest—interested himself for her ?' ' Oh, no l' was the reply, in as abrupt a tone as mine, whilst her eyes flamed, her cheeks flushed with what bore the expression of exultant scorn,—' oh no—assuredly not ' Yet he was seen lurking ahout the place several days be • fore the catastrophe occurred.' That is exact,' said Le Blanc, the hot, colour in her cheeks fading again. 'He did not speak with Madame d'Estrees, I understand ?" I did not see him speak with her.' He came ani spoke with you, Mademoiselle Le Blanc ?' Eh Lien I—yes, You are very inquisitive, M. Devine,' re torted the demoiselle, colouring again. Have you any serious question to ask me,' she added. If not, I mus make you my adieu ; I have business in Rouen." I will not detain you, Mademoiselle Le Blanc. Stay ono moment. Edouard Cazo's father is a skilful—a very skilful herbalist. Do you think it pOssible that he may know tho secret of making the vegetable poison called poNdre de successim, and have--' Before I could finish the sentence, Fan • chette Le Blanc, who had risen, fell back into the seat, and fainted outright. There was a carafe of water on a table in the hall, and I soon restored her to consciousness. Ano ther woman-servant appeared before I could again address her, and both entered the house together. A lighter interest attaches to other memoirs, con spieuous among which are those of Beau Brumnell, and his brother Beau, of Bt‘th renown. In relating the witticisms of the .former celebrity, Dr Russell very justly observes that the remark attributed to Ozenstiern of Sweden, "See with what little wis dom the world is governed," might be paraphrased, " See with what slender wit the world of fashion may be amused"— ecce szynunz. BEAU BULTIIMELL'S WIT. The very hest witticisms recorded as the utterances of Georg) Brummoll, in his time " the glass of fashion and the mould of form," and with which he set the mess table of the gallant Tenth iu a roar, were sorry stuff, Ho had a slight cold, and on being asked how he caught it, said, " went to Pietri's Hotel, and was shown into a room where there was a damp stranger." This sally convulsed the officers of the gallant Tenth. Again—this was after he obtained his captaincy—" Why, Captain Brummell, you surely are not off with charming Lady M-----." "An ounce of civet, good apothecary," replied the incipient beau, who had probably read elegant extracts from Shakspere; "an ounce of civet, good apothecary—l positively saw her eating cabbage 11" "But surely you, Captain Brummell, sometimes eat vegetables ?" said a somewhat gruff old major. "Yes, yes, major, yes—l once ate a pea." Having attained his majority, and come into possession of his inheritance, £30,000 or thereabouts, the principal having augmented during his minority, and there moreover being ugly rumours at hat that even the Tenth Hussars might be ordered upon foreign service, George Brummell, who had a constitutional objection to expose - himself to the action of that villanous saltpetre which ought never to hove been dinged out of the bowels of the harmless earth, sold his commission and retired from the lervice. George Brummell at once determines to cultivate "a life of pleasure"•— Sybarite, Epicurean pleasure ; therein being as one with his patron the Prince of Wales. That flowery path to ruin was gaily trod, Mr Brummell took a house in Chesterfield-street, furnished it in exquisite style, and for,hwith devoted himself to the cultivation of society in " high life," and the best mode of tying white necker chiefs. He succeeded in both those grand objects of ambi tion to his heart's content. " I can stand," ho boasted, "in the pit at tho opera, and beckon to Lovain (Duke of Argyll) on one side, and to Villiers (Lord Jersey) on the other, and see them come to me." Fortunate Brummagem Beau Brummell I But the tie and set of the white necker chief was his America of discovery. The how and the why disturbed the peace and exercised the ingenuity of the whole fashionable world. Vainly he was importuned to disclose the wonderful secret. The oracle remained per sistently dumb. Not even to the Prince would he shed a ray of light upon that sacred mystery. It was only when hurriedly leaving England to avoid a debtor's prison that he vouchsafed to enlighten "high life" through the medium of his friend Lord Alvanley. " Starch is your man," he wrote with a pencil, directing the scrawl to that nobleman. The Lord Alvanley was delighted, and gave in after years substantial proofs of his gratitude for so signal a favour. The "beau monde" participated in the enthusiasm of Alvanley at the solution of the grand secret. Such were your Gods, 0 Israel! And these Brummells, peers, princes, were contemporaries with the men who wrestAd down the giant wars which for a quarter of a century had convulsed Europe I That Beau Brummell was the rage amongst the upper ten thousand is indisputable. No dinner, no ball, no assem bly was held to be complete if he were absent, Very care ful was ho to preserve his exclusiveness, Ho recognised the peerage, but no other class of society, and like another Regency George the Fourth imposter, John Wilson Croker, affected to be ignorant that there was such a locality as Russell-square "within the confines of civilisation." °rice, when remonstrated with by the wealthy father of a young man whom he, Brummell, had helped to "pluck" at cards, he said, "Upon my honour, sir, I did much for your son. I once gave him my arm all the way from White's to Walters'. Think of that, sir I" Conspicuous in this "Eccentric" gallery are Lady Hester Stanhope—perhaps the most cc centric of the group—the niece of Pitt and the recluse of Palestine ; Christina of Sweden, Lady Wortley Montague, Dr Abernethy, Jonathan Swift, the Chevalier D'Eon, Philip Duke of Whar ton, Madame De Geniis, and innumerable others. From which epitome may readily be inferred what stores of amusement and information are here to be fcund. The style of the narrations, as may be seen from the above extracts is vigorous and exhilarating. the Backesoodsman; or, Life o;'t the Indian Frontier. Elited by Sir C. F. Wraxall, Bart. One Vol. pp, 428. Illustrated. John Maxwell and Co. Full of vicissitude and adventure, full of peril and daring, are these very animated reminiscences of the Backwoodsman. Equal to Captain Mayne Reid in the reckless gallantry of his sporting ardour, almost equal to Baron Manchausen in the marvellous nature of his perillous adventures, is this denizen of the Backwoods, whose blockhouse was built at the foot of a mountain chain of the Rio Grande, on the precipitous banks of the River Leone. Buffaloes, panthers, wild horses, bsars, and other animals afford ample matter of interest and amusement to the sportsman and the reader varied with experiences of a more iv:common character, as, for example, the following encounter of— MUSTY AND THE ALLIGATOR. About ten o'clock I rode through a prairie which ran down to the Mustang, which here an insignificant stream flowed between high banks over loose pebbles, and was only deep at isolated spots. The prairie was covered with clumps of tall cactus and sunfhwerr, and I was riding between some of them when a large stog got up before me and stopped a little way ahead, I turned Cz it half round and shot the stag, which fell, but got up again and ran off to the Mustang. As I saw that it was very sick, I sent Trusty after it, who soon disappeared with it in a thicket, and I had scarcely reloaded when I heard his hoarse bark and re cognised by its tone that he was occupied with something else than the stag. I went up the wood as fast as Czar could carry me, leapt off and ran through the bushes to the bank where I heard Trusty's void. A mortal terror as sailed me on seeing Trusty in shallow water near a deep spot, with his left hind login the jaw of an alligator, whose skull he was smashing with his teeth, though this did not make it open its clenched teeth. I sprank at one bound into the river, in order to prevent the horrible brute from reach ing deep water, to which it was retreating, and was only a few feet from it. I sprang on the beast's back, held it be tween my knees tightly, and lifted it into the shallow water, while it lashed its tail madly. I now pulled out a revolver, held it against the hinge of the jawbone, and fired one bullet after the other till the bones were splintered and the lower j Aw, fell off, liberating Trusty from his arrest. I examined him and found that his leg bone was not in jure'l, though the flesh had suffered severely ; at the same time he was losing much blood and appeared to be enduring great pain. The stag lay close to the scene of contest, so I drew it ashore and cut off the haunches ; then I fetched Czlr, bound one cf them on either side of saddle, packed a lot of bushes on the lot and spread my blanket over them, on which I raised Tiusty, after I had bound up his wounds as well as I could with wet pocket handkerchiefs. Of a more melancholy interest is the following MR KREGER'S FITE, The sun had just risen over the horizon when we mounted and rode over the plain, after taking, with the help of the compass, the nearest direction to the forest rising in the blue distance above the wide prairie. According to my calcula tion, it was about ten miles off. The prairie was very flat, and only a few mosquito trees grew on it here and there, which sufficed to estimate distances, for that is a difficult job without such marks. I told Kreger it would be better for us to push on, now the road was good, for a feeling of anxiety involuntarily oppressed me on this broad plain, whore we could be so easily observed from the woods that formed a semicircle round it. I spoke to Czar every now 'and then, and we had nearly reached the middle of the prairie when my horse gave a start, and tried to break into a gallop. I attempted to pacify him, but he soon began snorting, and could not be held in. I had examined the prairie on either side of us, and when I looked behind, to my horror I saw a band of Indians coming after us at full speed, in front of a cloud of dust. My next glance was at the forest ahead of us, to calculate how far it still was, and then my eyes fell in terror on the mule at my side. The band of Indians consisted of at least a hundred, and hence must belong to a powerful tribe, pos sessing the best horses and weapons. I turned deadly cold when I looked at Kreger, who as yet had no idea of our peril, and was carelessly whistling. I made the utmost efforts to remain quiet, or at lea t to appear so, in order not terrify my companion, and begged him to urge on his mule, while I loosed the rein of my snorting stood, and allbwed it make a few forward bounds. Whether Kreger noticed a change in my countenance or voice I do not know, but he looked round, and noticing the approaching savages, with the ejaculation, " Great heavens, Indians I" he drove his enormous spurs into his mule's flanks, and pulled his bridle so tight, that the excessively sh,,rp bit lacerated the wretched Lizzy's mouth. Kreger had turned deadly pale. He looked wildly around him, and showered blows with his whip on Lizzy's hind quarters. At his first movements I foresaw what would happen, and tried to make him understand that if he let go the reins Lizzy would be sure to follow Czar, and we should be able to reach the forest, where the Indians could not hurt ue. Ile did not hear—he did not see. A picture of horror, he stared fixedly before him, and Lizzy, putting her head be tween her legs, began kicking cut behind. The danger grew every minute, tor the yell of the cannibal horde, borne un the bre( zo, was already echoing in our cars. I rode uh to Kreger and tried to drag the reins out his hand ; but it was of no use ; no prayers, no remonstrances, reachol his ear, It was almost impossible for mo to hold Cz ►r in any longer, far at one moment ho reared, at another bounded onward. The Indians during this time had drawn so near that I could hear their several voices, and distinguish the bright colours with which their faces were painted, Our Lie was in the greatest dancer. My horse was terribly excited, and any blip en his part would infallibly entail my death. Oneo more I shouted to Kreger to be reasonable, and lel go the reins, but be did net hear me. Minutes pressed. I Czar go, and flew like the wind away from the hapless man, who was left to his fate, and my staying longer would be of avail. I quieted my horse, and looked back at my unfor.. tunate ccmpanion. The horde was now close behind him ; in a second a dense cloud of dust surrounded him and the savages, while one yell of triumph,whose cause I could guess only too well, reached my ears. I pressed closer to Cz.tr, patted his neck, and away we flew like light. I looked round again; a dense mob of Redskins was after me, and by their inhuman yells they gave me to understand that I was to be their victim also. The illtiBtrations of thin book fit 6 very spirit 0, 'I he subjects are, of course, taken from some of the 731°5 : exciting adventures, such as that of "Trusty avu the Alligator," above alluded to, 44 A Fight with Grizzly Bears," "Face to Face," the vis a risheil3a the Sportsman and a Leaping Panther, "BUaftilees Crossing a River," " The Indian Camp, Jaguar Disturbed at Breakfast," and some other°. Having said which, we need hardly add that the Back woodsman is a man of adventure, and his ho° is fall of attraction. The Autographic Mirror. L'Autographe Cos9l°4 polite. Lithographed by Vincent Brown. . It is only upon its being bound up into a resPle u . dent volume like this initial volume of Tac.eimtjes that we are enabled at last to realise the marvellee.i interest of " The Autographic Mirror," or, as l t , l more aptly called, according to is French title, L' Autograph° Cosnopolite, as a substantive p li b 1 , cation. So enthralling a table book we canno t re ' call to our remembrance. The "curiosity" of 11. '1 l a collection, is as a something wholly unprecedente d And, looking at it purely as a curiosity, we far, quite confidently assert, according to the ° l F English " bull," that none but itself can be its F a te rallel, that it is only to be matched by its itnm edls successor "Volume the volume now in c ourse °f periodical issue. In its serial form, it is unwie ldl ; beesbargain. for that reason somewhat unsightly int bargain. But, now that a sufficiency of it has i published to admit of its imugurative volume bet by bound up independently, it assumes its place; 0 , right of merit as well as of excellence, as a ca e ca tion of autographs worthy of a place upon ,6, library shelves or upon our drawing-room te, b s , Sovereigns, Statesmen, Warriors, avinets, torians, Lawyers, have—among a multitude," other and miscellaneous celebrities—contribut eu . a with their own hands, it may fairly be said, to tb"; wonderfully diversified pages. Here are rt flectl; of the veritable holographs of Literary, Seia tl ,,, l Artistic, and Theatrical Notabilities of vern countries and of divers generations. l iti o together with these facsimiles of the ile tti o , handwriting of world famous men and wra fle ts most of them dead and gone, though many of the, still happily in the land of the living, there el' scattered up and down this volume at deliglatf ei , , unlooked-for intervals—copies made with excle ist ,i accuracy from original drawings—here introd e . c ; by way of illustration. As many as nine ca r p tures by Thackeray ! As many as seven by IP r i landson ! D'Orsay'a sketch (from the life) of 14 /s ° ' Byron—John Leech's pencilling of An 00e. dog by Sir David Wilkie! Besides all wi ll° o we have here presented to our view, in amongst I d letterpress, vivid portraitures of Shalespere! Goethe, of Stonewall Jackson, and of that gre ets r o of all the soldiers of the American war, Ge rie .4, Robert Lee, the C o nf e d era t e C o mmand e r-in-Ch t. ef As to the contents of the goodly vo l u me 1111 :1, notice, when we come to examine it merely as 8 lection of autographs, we might readily fill a cole7 l or two with a simple d e finiti o n of th e ecntres titl bi characteristics of the various contributions lo w t os initial volume of L'Autographe Cosmopolite. tq h Rev, Sydney Smith's scrambling note to Dear Louis Philippe's large-handed expressi° l3 6 ,l sympathy to the Duc de Montmorency-Ithese le off the collection by filling up the first P a° ,4 Balwer Lytton and Charles Dickens—Fechte r 11. 4 Edmund Kean—Leblache and Griei—Victor 111/° O l and Leigh Hunt—Cardi na l A n t one lli a nd l '° ,ll Pius IX.—Sir Walter Scott and Sir 1) ' /. i Brewster—B. Disraeli and Lord PalmersOtil Meyerbeer and Mendelssohn—Orators and V o l e Kings and Musicians, Novelists and sophers are here clustered together in enthre i ' l o confusion. And if we cannot actually look °P e i their faces as reflected in this M irror,we can t her e. behold the shadowy "counterfeit presentmen t l ,o the handwriting of each—that handwriting °`` . tr Is so conceived by some, and hardly, as it eeere'io, us, extravagantly conceived, to be marvellous l lblt dicative of the character of the writer—a ver l , lll o realisation of his distinctive idiosyncracy. gather the volume is as elegant and attract ic- o r, gift-book as ccu'd reaeonably have been hoped n . V3 even in this age of elegant and attractiv e gift-b c ' h ie —and one that, happily, makes its very seasne a lii appearance just now—im me di a t e l y b e f ore the 11° 0 1, day time and the long winter evenings of Chri et°3 o when works of this kind, th a t i s t o sa y, gift-b°e° of an unusual character, are the most acceptah''' Mr, Charles Kean in California. SAN FRANCISCO, ve",o9 The long-expeetedaheatrical event, tae appearance oft Keens, marked an epoch in the drama's history alu° lls ,eff last night. The Opera House was densely crowded' e'opi seat, box, and foot of standing room, being o ccueie d ', many hundreds going away from the doors unabl e to Pio admission. The play, "Henry VIII." was put u1 319/1 0 1 1 ' stage with an eyo clear to elegance and an ear deaf t ,i e It has not often been presented at San Francisco. anujapaS the " Stars," was undoubtedly new to many. Such c°e 'd draw comparisons nor imagine contrasts, but were sta d e o ° rather than judges, studying the play as well as the actet''? almost of necessity, cold and critical. Yet the ftra°olt were graciously received, and evidently gained in tb e t yel illation of the house until the fall of the curtain, vil le ,, n ie ec P were called before it by a well pleased and satisfied an'-iotO The play, all who have read the text know, is a gltle-teo' work of art, but it has little in it to stir people to s' o r seism, It is an exhibition of passions and plots, roganco and brutal propensities, offset with priestly %0 city, cunning, and ambition. There is neverthoedil wonderful charm in the figures and language, which detod the intellect rather than touch the heart, and when by such masters of elocution as Mr and Mrs lils e s ; 0 0? irresistible. To criticise these eminent artists l i ge", seem like telling the world the qualities of chill:W :l V The public knows their reputation as tt . the flavour of Clicquot. The bubbles of this t hat eye' " sparkling and bright" to the surface, mark not t tle t io o raster of the wine, more than do the clear interpretl‘oo of the meaning of the text as uttered by Mr and Aft%poitj stamp the true artist. Their most striking points be perfect elocution, showing an intimate .lenceeiledg a ,iati a / spirit as well as words of the text, a thorough aPP r " e O ty of what each scene and situation requires to •' ° " - ,00 4 seeming appear the real life, appropriateness of '1 9° ,40 0 ", gesture, moti n, clear enunciation, passion where would assert its strength, pathos when the heart feel s oe,/ intellects travels with the sensibilities; Art and Ne t t ioe hand in hand. As the Queen on her trial in the vindi et 'io) her honcur and the assertion of her dignity, as well° el 0 ( appeals to the justice of the brutalking, Mrs Ke an the royal personage she represented—the proud daq k e Ferdinand, no less than the woman and wife. 1' , , , t- g o s k) l interview with the two cardinals, where the litl e :00 suffers find eloquent expressions of denunciation' 'c14,400; by the reaction and eventual submission to the r the representatives of the Church, to whose a uthe rit e l 1 ) : 1 1 had been educated to believe her eleedience was di ;b li ty , excellence as a delineator of Nature was perfect. Ig r t te manner, like that of his wife, is a delightful contrasoj storm style which so often on the stage tears a P eP otid to tatters. The excellent points he made were 1 00re t than we have space or time to enumerate. In i ' ll3 e P o where as the Cardimel fallen from his high estate iltlol, farewell to all his great less, Shakspere himself Inig t ,det sat as an auditor, and fe l end no fault with t he rep is We have a word to say in regard to May o's rend to o , King Harry. It was a crew: personation inert/0 reading, and make-up. Ho col:omitted one or t W° , c lies i el particularly in the scene where iee leaves the C s ' ecj , es, anger—but, as a whole, he has' reason to be s atisd fore idt le were, with his effort last evening., Vid not sPac e . t oP would be pleased to refer to the alter characters ill They must form the subject of anot her notice. 0 00 D I MR. SALA AND INIR. DICKENS: q r ieto fil to much interest to authors and the' P: D i f t be for , e magazines and periodicals is likely to be brevng- r oe is l e ? law courts. A popular writer commenced a s e ' e s e' the pages of All the Year Roma. Some tim° A.O l el ef sidereblo interval elapsed between the arrival ~j3O and etalments, ceueing a serious interruption 0 c os il l e° publication. The public interest in the tale Pe rr began to flag. A similar delay having aguiu " cu lla It tei l , editor placed the completion the tale in the e lef f itt ) another popular writer. After so ne two or 0? tl'f,ipel`.o of this continuation had been public lied' th e °lltteteit to 4 forwarded more MS., which, of cone se ' under is stances cannot be printed. So the n.' atter their red involved in law, both parties insisting upon ;0101 riglits.—.7 he Reader. the 1 1 t tleta TDB HYDE I'Al3li SCULPTURfS , ac p Prince Consort IVrnorial have been de ter' to c ' S , o ," Baron Marochetti (according to the ,Reader) . yo l P 00: the statue of the Prim=e — and the Neer Ptit e iv e 17; e ir. r symbolising the four quarters of th e I VOrldf tp (fl; trusted to the following scezlptors acdowell, R.A.—Asia, to Mr s3'l fear, M to Mr W. Theed--America, to Mr Ji• ' , 1% 1 0 4 ploc groups,emblematic of Agriculture, C° ll l r e 4r e eN r • tures, and Mechanics, will be esecue6 d b i s r ee io shall, RA., Mr J. Thorneycroft, Mt' U . D ir a . , ' Mr 3. Lawler. Mr W. H. .Areasteal will exer.:nt , ) the bas-reliefs.